ROCHESTER – Mary Alice Wagoner, 98, died Nov. 5, 2011, in the residence of her daughter, Linda Marquart, Kalamazoo, Mich.
She was born March 30, 1913, to William and Minnie Davis Shonk. On Oct. 6, 1939, she married Jerry Metzler, who died May 12, 1963. Later on June 6, 1969, she married Dale Wagoner, who died in February 1994.
A lifelong member of the Rochester community, she was one of the oldest living Rochester High School alumni, graduating in 1931. She was an optometric assistant to Dr. Dale Berkebile and later Dr. Tom Troutman in their eye clinics for 23 year. Later she worked part-time at Foster & Good Funeral Home and Grossman Funeral Home greeting visitors and assisting with the offices. She was a member of the Disciple III Study Group, Prayer chain coordinator, the Giggling Gals of Grace, the Chancel Choir, the Lend-A-Hand Sunday school class and the United Methodist Women. She was a member of the Woodlawn Ladies Auxiliary, working the gift shop and volunteering at the desk. She volunteered a number of years at the United Ministries Food Pantry.
Surviving are her daughters, Ann (and spouse LaMar) Johnson, Elkhart, and Linda (and spouse John) Marquart, Kalamazoo; two grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She also was preceded in death by a sister and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. today at Good Family Funeral Home, Rochester. Burial will be in Rochester’s IOOF Cemetery.
***** Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church or the Fulton County United Ministries Food Pantry.
